As DCIM emerges into a familiar term, a fortified discipline, a new market of solutions, and by definition 'integrates IT and facilities management', what does 'bridging the departmental gap' really mean? Where are the gaps, where will the synergy be, and what will be done differently with DCIM in the mix? Join Michael Tresh, Director of Product Management and Marketing, as he discusses legacy, current, and future data center infrastructure management.

1. Michael Tresh, Director of Product Management & Marketing
(p) 781-425-2922 (e) MichaelT@Viridity.com
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2. Agenda
– Current Data Center Management Approach
– Data Center Management Trends
– Emergence of Data Center Infrastructure
Management (DCIM) Tools
– Case Study & ROI Methodology
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3. Energy (Power & Cooling) is the Fastest
Growing Expense in the Data Center
Source: IDC, Worldwide Server Energy Expense 2009–2013 Forecast (12/09) 3
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4. PUE Total Facility Power
IT Equipment Power
– PUE (and variations)
 A good start
 Becoming the de facto
standard(s) for measuring
data center efficiency
 Not the end-all-be-all
 Fluctuations can be a good thing, reducing total
energy consumption may cause your PUE to
increase or decrease
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5. Lowering PUE – Incomplete Picture
– Must understand the affect of
Infrastructure Load and its Efficiency
IT Load and its Efficiency
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6. Without insight into utilization and IT power
consumption, energy use and capacity are
impossible to manage efficiently
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7. Trends: DCIM Solutions
– DCIM… the new ‘buzzword’
– The premise… Don't just understand
infrastructure or IT, understand how they
intersect
– Solutions are new but are becoming more
mature
– Bridge the gap between IT, Facilities, and the
needs of the business
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8. What is DCIM?
– Data center infrastructure management (DCIM) is the integration
of (IT) and facilities management disciplines to centralize monitoring,
management and intelligent capacity planning of a data center’s
critical systems and increase availability.
– Features
 Baseline, plan and intelligently manage capacity-- space, power, cooling
 Drive energy efficiency initiatives
 Use virtualization effectively
 Optimize critical infrastructure, improve uptime
 Reduce costs through effective utilization of infrastructure
 Streamline data center operations, implement best practices
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9. How Does this Happen?
Facilities CIO IT

10. Legacy Data Center Management
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11. Current DCIM
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12. Future Convergence
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14. Data Center: Before
Data center before consolidation, tech refresh, and elimination of stranded assets.
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15. Retire, Refresh, Consolidate
– Determine if an asset is nonproductive,
under-productive, or only productive on
demand
– Virtualize what makes sense
– Turning Off = Immediate bottom-line
savings
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16. Data Center: After
Data center after consolidation, tech refresh, and elimination of stranded assets.
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17. Consolidation Results
Before After Difference
Asset Count 245 139 106
Avg. Utilization 16% 38% 22%
DC Power (kW) 417.49 347.68 69.81
$148,309/yr. in Power & Cooling Saved 17
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18. ROI savings calculations
– Retiring a server = 300 watts at $.11/kWh
– Use PUE to estimate cooling savings
– Network cost savings = $50/port
– If every server uses 1 man hour per month in
support, then removing 100 servers is worth
10,000 man hours (5 man years)
– OS and application costs between $3-5K/yr

19. Estimated Annual ROI
Consolidation or Retirement of 106 Servers
Power & Cooling $148,000
Network $50,000
Storage $150,000
Labor $385,000
Licenses $318,000
Total Savings $1,051,000
Savings per Server $9,915

20. EnergyCenter
Savings Assessment Asset Placement Assistance
Top Power Consumers Utilization vs. Power
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21. EnergyCenter
Branch Circuit Monitors Underutilized Servers
Rack Power Rack Power Drill Down
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22. 2011 Uptime Institute Award – “Outstanding IT Product in a User Deployment”
“The only Data Center Energy Management solution that
provides detailed understanding of power consumption within
hours of beginning deployment.”
-- Andy Lawrence – The 451 Group
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